Lage Raho Munnabhai : Vaat lag gayee Mamu
The credits start rolling and I rush out to the men’s room. Do the required thing. Wash my hands and put them under the auto dryer which frugally blows hot air in a micro millimeter thin stream, which I have to search for all around that massive machine bolted to the wall. I find it after a 20 second search, dry my hands, and look in the mirror admiring my freshly shaved head.
My right hand moves up to caress my tan shiny scalp and then I notice it… my reflection in the mirror.
The hand in my reflection doesn’t move up. Instead the hand moves out of the mirror and slaps my left cheek.
Holy Shit! It’s my twin. oz Part 2, who steps out of the mirror.
I have always avoided introducing him to my poojaniya (Hinglish : revered) readers. Honestly he embarrasses me. He can’t begin a sentence without the word “Fuck” and can’t end a sentence without saying “In your auntie’s panties”
oz Part 2: Fuck kya Mamu (Hinglish: Idiot, Uncle, Idiot-uncle)? Trying to avoid me for so long in your auntie’s panties?
oz: Shit. How did you find me? Fuck. Inside my brain some locha happening. (Hinglish: disturbance)
[SLAP!!!!] oz Part 2 slaps me hard.
oz: What the hell is this for?
oz Part 2: Fuck chutiye (Hinglish: bleep). Your brain certainly has gone chemically imbalanced that you are seeing me in your auntie’s panties.
oz: Shit. What the hell are you doing here?
[SLAP!!!!]
oz: What the hell is that for now?
oz Part 2: Fuck Mamu. Why would I be in a movie theater? Apun idhar movie dekhne ko aaya hain, hilane ko nahin in your auntie’s panties. (Hinglish: Here to see movie, not shake/shag/both)
oz: So what do you think of it so far? Freshness thoda (Hinglish:some) missing. Don’t you think so?
[SLAP!!!!]
oz: Fuck why this?
oz Part 2: Fuck Mamu. Freshness tere jhat ka baal hain? Kabhi bhi nikal lene ka? (Hinglish: Freshness is not equal to your tush that you can pluck a hair every time you feel like it) What Mamu? It is impossible. How can you get an unlimited supply of freshness in your auntie’s panties?
oz: Agreed. I’ll give that to Hirani (director) and Chopra (producer). But I think the story isn’t as streamlined as it was in Part 1. While MBBS was a smooth drive, while in Lage Raho you can feel the “try”, “work”, “attempt” to create the same magic.
oz Part 2: Fuck Mamu, kuch bhi nahin bolne ka kya (Hinglish: Don’t just blabber anything). Lage Raho is stuffed with more characters, more situations, more masala than in Part 1. Ofcourse story thoda bahut idhar udar slip hogayela hain, but in the end story vaapas track pe aya ke nahin? It all comes a full circle in your auntie’s panties.
oz: Yeah. But obviously there was a huge push-pull in Hirani’s mind to take the story, here, there, everywhere. But he does manage to bring it back in the end. Trying to make the implausible, believable, Hirani does succeed to an extent. And l like the concept of “chemical locha” and how Hirani uses the locha to make it real in the end, leaving it to the audience to believe what could and could not be true.
oz Part 2: Fuck locha. Talk about the hot Vidya Balan. Doesn’t she act exceptionally well in your auntie’s panties?
oz: Oh yes. This shows that her performance in Parineeta was no fluke. We do have a Smita Patil - Shabana Azmi rolled into one here. No doubt about that. I like the way she uses her body and eyes to underline her dialogue delivery.
oz Part 2: Fuck, kya body hain. But full credit to the Boman Irani. Shit what a Sardar he plays in your auntie’s panties!!!
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oz: Oh yeah! Boman is Boman and here is one actor who comes out with so fine nuances in the character he plays, which is all it takes to push a performance into grade A. I admire the fact that he has not played any character so far which is pure black and white. It always has shades of grey and that little Boman extra he puts in the characters… Lucky Singh included.
oz Part 2: Fuck we are agreeing on something man!!! This is a time to celebrate in your auntie’s panties.
oz: But I don’t think, the characters of the 6 - 7 buddhas (Hinglish: old men) came out as well. That portion has been seen time and again in other movies and I think that played out as a devil that killed much of the freshness in this movie.
[SLAP!!!!]
oz (rubbing cheek): WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?
oz Part 2: Fuck, tere deemag ghaas charne ko gayela hain (Hinglish: Your brain munching grass during chow chow time). So what if the buddhas have been used in other movies before? The buddhas were a vital part in moving the story even if you and I liked it or not. So don’t give me - I don’t like the Buddhas in your auntie’s panties.
oz: Hell no! If I don’t like something I will say it. For example I thought the movie loses it’s grip over you, during the middle portions.
[SLAP!!!!]
oz Part 2: Fuck pooch abhi kayko mara in your auntie’s panties. (Hinglish: Ask why you got this slap?)
oz: Kayko? (Hinglish: Why?)
oz Part 2: Fuck negative bahut bol rayela hain. Atleast Hirani seems to be an honest movie maker who geniunely feels he has made a good movie, unlike Rakesh Roshan who felt Krish was boring and slow but kept quiet once it became a hit. Kuch positive bolne ka na Mamu in your auntie’s panties. (Hinglish: Too much negative, speak some positive)
oz: Oh ok. The movie does keep you smiling. The trend I suppose seems to be on creating interesting scenes sprinkled all through out a movie. Scenes that will pull you in, in spite of the fact, that on a macro level, the story goes weak in it’s knees. Rang De Basanti, Omkara and now Lage Raho. Perhaps it is the penultimate step to writers and directors pulling it all together to give us tighter stories. But yes, in spite of its entire drawbacks, Lage Raho is a cut above the rest and could be considered as a nice source for a three hour entertainment on a beautiful sunny weekend. And yes, after a long time we have a movie, that does provide a social message. That I have to give to Hirani. It was neatly and nicely put.
[SLAP!!!!!]
oz: Fuck fuck fuck. WHAT IS THIS SLAP FOR?
oz Part 2: Fuck re. Lamba lamba chodne ka nahin (Hinglish: Don’t leave long long). Acting kebaare mein kuch bol yaar. Didn’t you see anybody else, besides Balan and Boman, acting in your auntie’s panties?
oz: Arshad Warsi, simply breezes through his established character of Circuit. The spiciness of Circuit in Lage Raho, though, does not match up to that seen in MBBS. Whereas Sanjay Dutt plays Munna as if he is one in real life. Munnabhai, quite frankly, would not be Munnabhai, without Sanjay Dutt. In short Dutt provides the soul the character essentially needed to come to life. In the end, we do have a nice storyteller in Rajkumar Hirani. Lage Raho may not be at the same quality heights reached by MBBS, but it’s a decent and earnest attempt.
oz Part 2: Fuck kya bolela hain boss! How about grading this movie in your auntie’s panties?
I start rubbing my left cheek which has been used for target slapping practice by oz Part 2.
oz: Ahem… ummm… since this is part 2 of a movie, why don’t you, my dear Part 2, grade this movie?
oz Part 2: Fuck are you serious bhidu? Water coming in my eyes over this generosity you just displayed in your auntie’s panties.
oz: Oh no no. Go ahead my dear twin. Go ahead. Look at the readers and tell them the grades.
oz Part 2 (emotional and tears in his eyes): Fuck Baap! B Plus. Saala go and see the movie when you get the time from your auntie’s panties.
[PS: we talk about Lage Raho Munnabhai on The Desi Train's Talk Show on Sunday 10am PST (1030PM Sunday India). Call in and tell us what YOU thought about the movie]
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September 1st, 2006 at 11:33 am
Aha!!!! So, the twin we have been waiting for is here now!! The twin delivers with a bang. Lage Raho… All points noted.. will be watching the late night show today and will comeup with something.. until then adios
September 1st, 2006 at 5:06 pm
[...] Oz at Desi Train watches Lage Raho Munnabhai with his ‘twin from the mirror‘ and gives you a little peek into the movie in his inimitable style. [...]
September 1st, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Baap, tera part 2 bhi B+ hai original ke saamne. Uska slap sunne ke badle tapka daal usko. Great review, but the original oz is better! Fillum apun dekhega over this weekend.
September 1st, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Ozzie,
Hate being not in India now. The flick will be released here only on Sep 6. Looks like I am looking for wild celebration wid all da maamus.
TC
September 2nd, 2006 at 3:27 am
Oz bhai, kya review kiya hain bhidu.Ekdum fulltu solid hain. Lekin bhai ek baat samaj main nahin aya…ek yeh review chodke baaki saab log “In the end the film’s true hero is Rajkumar Hirani, who has written, edited and directed the film” likha hain.Maanta hoon yeh naya banda ekdum bindaas hain,paar how come all the reviews I read ie. Rediff and via Desipundit, all of them nearly wrote the same words.Sochna padenga….
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:46 am
film is grt the review is silly, stupid and senseless all from dirty n sicj mind.[-(
September 2nd, 2006 at 7:26 am
[...] [Update: For the review of this movie, click here] [...]
September 2nd, 2006 at 8:26 am
lol, a “Me, Myself & Irene” act for reviewing LRM. most would have thought people/critics would have reviewed in a tapori ishtyle.
Bole toh.. sahi reh, lage raho…
September 3rd, 2006 at 10:00 am
the movie rocks ! the review sucks !!!
September 3rd, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Oz your hinglish translations and “aunties panties” gag had me smiling. Reminded me why I keep coming back to your blog every day. Lage raho yaar!!!
September 3rd, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Oz ….. Thoda leniency deney ka na yaar !!
apun ko laga movie solid hai baap, boley toh munnabhai MBBS sey bhi better hai.
Munna meets mahatma …ekdum solid. Haan theek hia kabhi kabhar mahatma angle zabardasti ka lagta hai … aur phir thoda rona dhona hai movie mein …lekin picture message deti hai aur time pass bhi karti hai beedu. Kya mast picture banayela Rajkumar ney …
Aur yeh kya ??? Apun ka Circuit bhai ko itna kum credit ??? Circuit backbone hai picture ka …
Apun ko laga lagey raho better hai MBBS sey baap …. Aur tum yahaan par kya bolta hai ???
September 4th, 2006 at 6:28 am
What the heck? Do you post same thing for all the new movies? I dont understand what kind of movies you praise? Have you ever praised a hindi movie in your life?
September 4th, 2006 at 6:46 am
- Vani, Care to read the other reviews on DT before pushing point blank statements?
September 4th, 2006 at 7:11 am
- Sumeet, So you did watch it with complete “dedication” :-)
- Himanshu, So did you get to see it?
- HD, I’m in California and it was released here on Thursday evening. Where are you located?
- Bishu, Thanks. Not sure why. Perhaps one does tend to be influenced by what one reads elsewhere, me included.
- Khushi Singh, Please explain. Or. Bend Over. Spanking time.
- Honhaar Gunda, LOL! Thanks. Caught your email. It is a part of the system we are in. The entertainment industry is no exception.
- Shiv, same as Khushi Singh. Please explain. Or. Bend Over. Spanking time.
- UJ, Thanks! Long time no see? Been busy?
- Kartik, Yes. The movie is good. As mentioned above. But for me, it wasn’t a MBBS primarily because of freshness, streamlined story and certain episodes shown in Lage Raho which have been used elsewhere earlier. Still, B Plus diya na bhidu… :))
- Vani Kulkarni, As mentioned to Khushi Singh, Shiv. Please explain. Please do read other reviews on DT. And please re-explain what you meant by it. Else. Bend over. It’s Spanking Time.
September 4th, 2006 at 7:53 am
Exactly oz. The audience is the core part of the industry - they should be criticized for having buckvass taste. there is no shortage of the talent in the industry. if people don’t appreciate quality work then why would…
September 4th, 2006 at 8:29 am
Seediyon(Steps) pei baith ke jitni bhi dedication aa sakti hain.. i have seen with all that dedication. We totally forgot to mention about Dilip Prabavalkar yesterday in the talk show Oz. What a solid performance by him. Hats off Dilip. For once we have a new age Gandhi and not Kingsley. Vidya Balan is sooooo chewable bhidu!!! But dear Vidhu Vinod Chopra please give Jimmy Shergill som e more footage in the third part.. Pleaseeeeeeeeeee. Dont tell me you couldnt find a good role to Kurush Deboo who was Fantastic as Dr.Rustam in the first episode. Nevertheless Good Job Keep it up. With minor glitches the movie is solid
September 4th, 2006 at 9:40 am
Did you think Vidya Balan looked like Juhi Chawla or acted like her?
September 5th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
I honestly loved the movie…I was sitting there, laughing split every 30 seconds…totally got bit by the happy bug…Watched it on Friday…havent frowned since, haha
its such a good movie…made by and with good people….it has such a good feeling to it…and not pakao good…but genuine happy good…happy happy happy….haha, ok, ive gone a little high on the movie…
but everytime I watch genuine sincere movies, I feel the goodness…and its odd, they always remind me of Hrishida…if I wasnt laughing so much while watching LRMB, I would have been crying….I mean, dont u feel it? the weightlessness….seriously, screw beauty tips in cosmo and what not….I recommend a dose of a good movie once/twice every week to give ur skin that new found radiance
and its not only comedy movies…its the quality of sincerity that does it for me…a clean, pure mind or a team of them working behind a movie…simplicity….I mean, movies like Black are supposed to uplift me, but they dont…while a Sehar doesnt exactly fall in uplifting category, but it works for me
you know, its great when you watch a movie and you think ‘I actually like the person who conceived that…nice dude’
u see my point? ok, maybe not…lol
anyway, LRMB? I’m definitely giving it another dekho…and adding it to my ‘Essence of Hrishida DVD collection’ once it comes out
September 6th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
nice post oz! but somehow…for once..I felt that the post was too long….Like K-Jo’s films..you seem to have spent too much time trying to get to the point…but would give u a B+ for the concept nonethe less…. /:)
movie was quite good….sanju baba and arshad warsi were all that mattered to me….
Vidya balan…to me is like…juhi chawla….she is definately lovable..but misses that “namak” in her somewhere….
September 8th, 2006 at 10:47 am
also special mention must go to marathi actor Dilip Prabhavalkar who plays ‘gandhi’ . wat a performance.!!!!!1
September 8th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
Fuck guys this is my fist visit aur tell u wat, in ur aunties panties.. acha laga. i mean pad ke acha laga..!!
carry on…
September 10th, 2006 at 7:37 am
cool movie
September 13th, 2006 at 10:03 am
[...] As usual I am so late in trying to write about the movie that much has already been written about it. I would have said that it probably is better than Munnabhai MBBS - but that has been said. I would have commented about a rather odd occurance of a ’sequel’ living upto the precedence (and even surpassing it), but even that has been said. Although I would not have done it myself, and I do not understand much of this one, but there are some attempts at criticisms around too. [...]
October 1st, 2006 at 8:26 am
it is an exceptional comedy…
October 1st, 2006 at 11:07 am
i seriously cant understand ur taste sometimes … u found malammal weekly funny and laughed ur guts out …and u r giving a very biased review of this grt comedy …. it seriously requires twice the amount of work required to make a sequel a hit …and raj kumar hirani has surely done that ….
October 1st, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Better than Munnabhai MBBS? In what way? And influenced the audience? Regarding what? [More at http://sudeepsdiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/mahatma-gandhi-meets-munnabhai.html ]
October 2nd, 2006 at 8:19 am
lagey raho mammu